Antico Pizza Napoletana in Kelowna, BC is the first Canadian restaurant to match or exceed the pizza I’ve had in Italy. After 9 months spent in Italy, I don’t say that lightly! I’m so happy I can experience this fluffy, wood-fired crust cooked with high-quality Italian flour in Kelowna, BC. I’m also a big tomato sauce snob and Antico’s nailed it!
Owners, Tony and Miranda, moved their business from Winnipeg to Kelowna a few years ago to their primo location on Bernard Avenue and word of mouth caught on fast. Tony is half Italian, half Greek and learned the centuries-old art of making Italian wood-fired pizza in Naples, Italy, the pizza capital of the world. Tony’s Greek side shows itself in the amazing Greek salad, hummus with wood-fired pita and the delicious olive oil that they get from his uncle’s olive oil farm in Greece. If I feel like Italian food, I go to Antico’s for pizza and if I feel like Greek food, I go there for the Greek salad and hummus. It’s a win win! With gluten-free crust and vegan cheese options, there is something for everyone. And don’t even get me started on Miranda’s homemade cheesecake. Everyone I introduce it to goes bonkers for it.
So much care goes into each pizza, from the selection of the high-quality ingredients, to the artful hand movements that shape the 3-day rise dough, to the precise method of cooking with a wood-fired oven. Not only does cooking with a wood fire oven boost flavour, it also helps food retain nutrients and anti-oxidants with it’s quick cook-time and even heat distribution.
It was such a pleasure photographing this edible art form. Check out Antico Pizza Napoletana at 347 Bernard Ave, downtown, Kelowna.
Great photographs of what is easily the best pizza in the Okanogan.
Thank you! Easily – I agree! : )